At issue: Sex and gender in schizophrenia.

Using data collected in a study of sex differences in schizophrenia, I undertook this study to show the utility of distinguishing between sex and gender in the study of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder were combined to yield 213 patients (141 men, 72 women). There were 98 healthy controls (41 men, 57 women).

Socioeconomic status of origin and the clinical expression of Schizophrenia.

The concentrated focus on biology during the "decade of the brain" has resulted in decreased attention to the indisputable influence of psychosocial and sociocultural factors in the expression of schizophrenia. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the socioeconomic background of the origin and the clinical manifestation of schizophrenia. Parent socioeconomic information and clinical symptom data from 120 (84 men and 36 women) schizophrenia and schizoaffective patients were analyzed.